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Song Name: Mana Tumi Sannyasi Sajite Keno Cao
Official Name: Upadesa: Song 13
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Kalyana Kalpataru
Language: Bengali
LYRICS:
(1)
mana, tumi sannyasi sajite
keno cao?
bahirer saja jata, antarete
phanki tata,
dambha puji' sarira nacao
(2)
amar bacana dharo, antara bisuddha
koro,
krsnamrta sada koro pana
jibana sahaje jay,
bhakti-badha nahi pay,
tadupaya koroho sandhana
(3)
anayase jaha pao, tahe
tusta hoye jao,
arambare na koro prayas
purna-bastra jadi nai,
kaupina paro he bhai,
sita-bastra kantha bahirbas
(4)
aguru candana nai,
mrttika-tilaka bhai,
harer badale dharo mala
eirupe asa-pas, sukhadir
kubilas,
kharbi charo samsarer jvala
(5)
sannyasa-bairagya-bidhi,
sei asramer nidhi,
tahe kabhu na koro' adar
se-saba adare bhai, samsare
nistar nai,
dambhiker linga nirantar
(6)
tumi to' caitanya-das,
hari-bhakti taba as,
asramer linge kiba phal?
pratista koroho dura, basa
taba santipura,
sadhu krpa tomar sambal
(7)
baisnaber paricoy, abasyaka
nahi hoy,
arambare kabhu nahi jao
binoder nebedana,
radha-krsna-guna-gana,
phukari' phukari' sada gao
TRANSLATION
1)
My dear mind, why do you want to disguise yourself as a sannyasi? As much as
you decorate yourself externally with this garb, to that same degree you
deceive yourself internally with this hoax. Worshiping your own false pride,
your simply make a show of your material body by artificially accepting the
dress of the renounced order.
2)
Now please try to understand my advice on how to become a true sannyasi. Just
make your heart completely pure, and constantly drink the nectar of Krsna
consciousness. Search for that life-style which allows your spiritual life to
be executed easily and automatically, free from any distracting obstacles to
pure devotion.
3)
Just be satisfied with whatever you get easily, and never endeavor for any type
of artificial pomp and grandeur. Even if you do not have proper clothes to
wear, just wear a loin-cloth, dear brother! And in cold weather you can simply
wear an old torn quilt.
4)
There is no need for fancy sandalwood pulp scented with perfume, my dear
brother, you can use some ordinary earth or clay to mark your forehead with
tilaka. Your fancy necklaces can be exchanged for a nice tulasi mala. Living
like this in such a simple state of mind, all the nonsense material
arrangements for so-called happiness will diminish, and you will thus be able
to escape from the burning fever of materialistic existence.
5)
In reality it is the strict rule of renunciation that is the wealth of the
sannyasa asrama. By following this rule, one would certainly never look forward
to receiving respect from others. Beware, dear brother! Deliverance from this
material world is not possible for one who wants to get such respect by taking
sannyasa. Instead, he gets ensnared in mundane existence due to constantly
maintaining the conceited pride of subtle profit, adoration and distinction.
6)
You are actually an eternal servant of Lord Caitanya, and your real interest as
such, is devotion to Hari. What other wonderful thing could you get from the
external form of the sannyasa asrama? Casting all false prestige to a far
distant place, just make your residence in the transcendentally peaceful realm,
beyond the varnasrama-dharma system and just live on the mercy of the Rupanuga
Vaisnavas as your only life-giving substance.
7)
It is actually not even necessary to introduce oneself a Vaisnava, and once
should never try to make a show of external pomp and grandeur, Bhaktivinoda’s
humble submission to you is that you should constantly sing songs about the
glorious qualities of Radha and Krsna at the top of your lungs.
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